GRE Word List

ROUSING

giving rise to excitement : stirring

The meaning of the word rousing is giving rise to excitement : stirring.

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WordMeaning
baffleto defeat or check (someone) by confusing or puzzling : to confuse or frustrate completely : disconcert
pulpitan elevated platform or high reading desk used in preaching or conducting a worship service
dormantrepresented on a coat of arms in a lying position with the head on the forepaws
certitudethe state of being or feeling certain
congenialpleasant
allegorythe expression by means of symbolic fictional figures and actions of truths or generalizations about human existence
stricturean abnormal narrowing of a bodily passage
emollientmaking soft or supple
yeomanan attendant or officer in a royal or noble household
derideto laugh at or insult contemptuously